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US4083287A
US4083287A US05/681,126 US68112676A US4083287A US 4083287 A US4083287 A US 4083287A US 68112676 A US68112676 A US 68112676A US 4083287 A US4083287 A US 4083287A
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  • This invention relates to a new type of wind musical instrument that has the form of a conventional brass or woodwind instrument and which can be played by using the conventional fingering pattern of the wind instrument such as, for example, saxophone, trumpet, and so forth. More particularly, the invention is concerned with such wind instrument which, although it produces a tone other than that which would ordinarily be produced by the wind instrument it is designed to simulate, nevertheless produces the appropriate notes of the scale by exactly the same finger action to play it, while blowing breath thereinto through a mouthpiece.
  • the key and the sound producing member are not in a par relationship of 1 to 1 as in the key board of the piano; each of the keys is not provided with an independent sound producing member which corresponds to the individual key, on account of which the wind instruments have been constructed in such a way that no simple combination of playing keys has been capable of producing varieties of musical tones.
  • Applicant has already completed an electrically-operated wind instrument, wherein the abovementioned difficulty has been solved by the combination of a group of electric sound producing members, a group of change-over switches for selecting a predetermined one of a series of sound producing members, and scale operation keys of the wind instrument (vide: U.S. Pat. No. 3,897,708).
  • a wind instrument of a type comprising a main body of the wind instrument, a plurality of playing keys, air passageway change-over valves, a plurality of groups of sound producing members which produce tones in correspondence to fingering action of said playing keys, and means for forming said air passageway to introduce air blown therein from a mouthpiece by the operation of corresponding air passageway change-over valve into the corresponding sound producing member.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an outer appearance of a saxophone
  • FIG. 2 is a fingering table for playing the saxophone
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the saxophone shown in FIG. 1 taken along a line III--III therein;
  • FIG. 4 is a plan view of a plate for fitting an upper sound producing member shown in FIG. 3 and as viewed along a cut line IV--IV in FIG. 10 to be referred to later;
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of a plate for forming an upper air passageway as shown in FIG. 3 and as viewed along a cut line V--V in FIG. 10 to be referred to later;
  • FIG. 6 is also a plan view of an upper plate for a valve box shown in FIG. 3 and as viewed along a cut line VI--VI in FIG. 10 to be referred to later;
  • FIG. 7 is a plan view of a lower plate for a valve box shown in FIG. 3 and as viewed along a cut line VII--VII in FIG. 10 to be referred to later;
  • FIG. 8 is a plan view of a plate for forming a lower air passageway as shown in FIG. 3 and as viewed along a cut line VIII--VIII in FIG. 10 to be referred to later;
  • FIG. 9 is a plan view of a plate for fitting a lower sound producing member shown in FIG. 3 and as viewed along a cut line IX--IX in FIG. 10 to be referred to later;
  • FIG. 10 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the saxophone shown in FIG. 1 taken along a line X--X, from which the scale operation keys are omitted;
  • FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the saxophone taken along a line XI--XI in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 12 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a change-over valve for selecting the air passageway taken along a line XII--XII in FIG. 10;
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operations of the change-over valve shown in FIG. 12;
  • FIGS. 14, 15, and 16 are explanatory diagrams of various finger actions of the scale operation keys to play the saxophone and established channel for the air passageways corresponding to the finger action;
  • FIG. 17 is a fingering table for playing a trumpet
  • FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing an outer appearance of a trumpet
  • FIG. 19 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the main part of the trumpet taken along a line XIX--XIX in FIG. 18;
  • FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the trumpet taken along a line XX--XX in FIG. 19;
  • FIG. 21 is a schematic side elevational view of one modified embodiment of the trumpet.
  • FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view of the arrangement of the sound producing members in the trumpet shown in FIG. 21 taken along a line XXII--XXII;
  • FIG. 23 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view showing arrangement of the sound producing member in the trumpet taken along a line XXIII--XXIII in FIG. 22;
  • FIG. 24 is a partial cross-sectional view taken along a line XXIV--XXIV in FIG. 21 showing a shifting mechanism of cylindrical barrel, on which
  • FIG. 25 is a developed view of the fitting portion of the sound producing members for the purpose of explaining the overall arrangement thereof;
  • FIG. 26 is a schematic side elevational view of further modified embodiment of the trumpet according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 27 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the trumpet shown in FIG. 26 taken along a line XXVI--XXVI therein;
  • FIG. 28 is a front view of the group of the sound producing members taken along a line XXVIII--XXVIII in FIG. 26.
  • the pitch of sound is governed by the length of the tube.
  • side port control type and "valve control type”.
  • the present invention is applicable to both types of the tube length control. It should, however, be understood that the present invention, as will be described hereinbelow, is not one that determines the pitch of the sound by the length of the tube.
  • a reference numeral 1 designates a cylindrical barrel constituting the saxophone main body, at one end of which there is provided a mouthpiece, and, on the outer peripheral portions of which there are provided a plurality of scale operation or playing keys A' to U' same in number and arrangement as those in the conventional saxophone.
  • a reference letter V' is an octave key.
  • FIG. 2 shows a fingering table for playing the saxophone, which is exactly same as the conventional fingering table. That is to say, this table indicates that, when the saxophone is blown at its mouthpiece 2 with the wind instrument being in a full open state, that is to say, none of the playing keys A' to U' is manipulated, a tone of D.sup. ⁇ is produced; when the keys E', G', and H' are depressed, while blowing the instrument, a tone of G is produced; and when the keys E', G', H', L', M', N', O' and U' are depressed, while blowing the same, a tone of B.sup. ⁇ is produced. Same operations are applicable when making tones of B.sup. ⁇ to F 2 .
  • a plurality of pneumatic sound producing members 4, 6, 14, and 16 which produce tones of B, D.sup. ⁇ , A, and B, respectively, are provided on an upper plate 45 of an air passageway forming box 43 as shown in FIG. 4.
  • a plurality of pneumatic sound producing members 3, 5, 7-10, 11 1 , 11 2 , 12, 13, 15 1 -15 3 , 17 1 , 17 2 , 18-21, 22 1 , and 22 2 which produce tones of B.sup. ⁇ , C, D-F, G.sup. ⁇ 1 , G.sup. ⁇ 2 , G, A.sup. ⁇ , B.sup. ⁇ 1 -B.sup. ⁇ 3 , C 1 , C 2 , D.sup. ⁇ -E, F 1 and F 2 , respectively, are provided on a lower plate 56 of the air passageway forming box 43 as shown in FIG. 9.
  • These sound producing members are made of a reed as that used in harmonica, or pipe, or the like.
  • the wind instrument according to the present invention is to form an air passageway which reaches any one of the sound producing members 3 to 22 2 in correspondence to the finger action by the operation of the air valves a 0 to u to be actuated responsively to the keys A' to U', respectively.
  • the box 43 to form this air passageway is fitted inside the cylindrical main body 1 of the wind instrument by means of a hanger device 44.
  • the air passageway forming box 43 consists of the plate 45 (see FIG.
  • a plate 48 for fixing the upper sound producing members 4 to 16, 4' to 16', and having therein a plurality of perforated holes 24 to 36 respectively facing to the sound producing members 4 to 16 of a low octave; a plate 48 (see FIG. 5) having a plurality of groove-shaped air passageways 46 1 to 46 n and perforated holes 47 1 to 47 n ; an upper surface plate 50 for the valve box (see FIG. 6) having a plurality of perforated holes 49 1 to 49 n ; a lower surface plate 52 for the valve box (see FIG. 7), similar to the upper surface plate 50 in FIG. 6, having a plurality of perforated holes 51 1 to 51 n ; a plate 55 (see FIG.
  • the perforated holes 24 to 36 and 23 to 42 2 formed in the upper and lower plates for fixing the upper and lower sound producing members, respectively, are opposed to the perforated holes 47 1 to 47 n , and 54 2 to 54 n formed in the plates 48 to 55, respectively.
  • the perforated holes 49 1 to 49 n and 54 1 to 51 n (except for the hole 51 2 ) formed in both upper and lower surface plates 50 and 52 for the valve box are opposed to the perforated holes or grooves of the plates 48 and 55.
  • the respective plates 48, 50, 52 and 55 are assembled into a box shape in an air-tight or hermetic manner by means of screw threaded bolts inserted into a plurality of holes 48 1 to 55 1 .
  • a sealing member be interposed in the connecting portions between the adjacent plates.
  • band plates 45 1 At both ends of the fixing plates 45 and 56, there are applied band plates 45 1 (see FIG. 10) which are fixed thereonto by screw threaded bolts.
  • a hanger 44 is extended between the cylindrical main body barrel 1 and the assembled box portion of the plates 48, 50, 52, and 55 constituting the abovementioned air passageway forming box 43, and is fixed at both ends thereof to the main body 1 and the box 43 by threaded screw bolts.
  • Two pieces of projected parts 56 2 and 56 2 are provided on the bottom surface of the abovementioned fixing plate 56 for the lower sound producing members.
  • the tip end of the octave key V' is engaged with a space formed between these two projected parts 56 2 and 56 2 .
  • the upper surface plate 50 and the lower surface plate 52 of the valve box constitute an integral valve box 57 as shown in FIGS. 3, 10, and 11.
  • this valve box 57 there are provided a plurality of cylindrical barrels 58.
  • a piston-shaped, air passageway change-over valve (a 0 to c, e, f, h to l 0 , n to r, t, and u) having an air passage hole and to be operated by any of the scale operation keys E', F', H' to L', N' to R', T', and U', except for the keys D', G', M', and S'.
  • each of the air passageway change-over valves a 0 to c, j to l 0 , p to r, t, and u is pushed outside by a return spring 59 1 provided at the tail end part of the valve rod, hence the head part thereof is applied to the cam portion at the tip end of the lever-shaped keys corresponding to the respective change-over valves, and the respective keys are pushed backward by pressure to its initial position by the rotation of the keys around the axis 60 as the center of rotation.
  • each of the pistonshaped air passageway change-over valves a 0 to c, e, f, h to l 0 , n to r, t, and u is formed in a rectangular cross-section.
  • the rectangular end part in each of the change-over valves is inserted into and engaged with a groove 62 1 of the frame 62 fixed to the valve box 57 so as to prevent the valve rod from rotating, and is further fixed by a pin 63 so as not to slip out of the groove 62 1 unexpectedly.
  • this rotation-preventive stopper device may be of any arbitrary construction such as a sliding key mechanism provided between the air passageway change-over valve and the cylindrical barrel 58 formed in the valve box 57, and other appropriate mechanism.
  • the other air passageway change-over valves b to e, j to l 0 , p to r, t, and u are provided with the air passage holes or ports which contribute to the formation of still another channel for the air passage to be described later by manipulation of the scale operation keys.
  • the fitting relationship between the playing key E' and the air passageway change-over valve e therefor is such that, as shown in FIG. 11, the tip end of a lever 66 1 of the playing key in the shape of a letter "L" is caused to be engaged with the perforated hole 67 1 formed in one end part of the air passageway change-over valve e.
  • the air passageway which produces similar musical scale to that of the saxophone can be formed by the same finger action for playing the wind instrument
  • the playing keys D', G', M', N', and S' are so constructed that two or more numbers of the air valves may be opened and closed by a single playing key.
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 indicate, as one example of the above-described construction, the air passageway change-over valves m 1 and m 2 which are interlocked with a playing key m'.
  • the valve bodies m 1 and m 2 (hereinafter referred to generally as "m", where necessary) are formed integrally, in parallel with which the air passage holes 70 1 and 70 2 are formed. It is, of course, possible that the valve bodies are formed separately, and not integrally.
  • the fitting relationship between the scale operation key M' and the air passageway change-over valve m is similar to that in the above-described scale operation key E', and so forth. That is to say, the tip end of the L-shaped lever is caused to be engaged with the perforated hole 67 2 formed at one end part of the air valve m.
  • the air passageway change-over valve m moves against force of the spring 59 2 , whereby the channel for the air passage formed in the sequence of: the groove 53 9 of the plate 55 -- the air passage hole 70 1 of the air passageway change-over valve m -- the groove 46 1 of the plate 48 -- the groove 53 10 of the plate 55 -- the air passage hole 70 2 of the air passageway change-over valve m -- the groove 46 2 of the plate 48 is changed-over by the air passage holes 70 1 and 70 2 to another channel for the air passage to be formed in the sequence of: the groove 53 11 of the plate 55 -- the air passage hole 70 1 of the air passageway change-over valve m -- the groove 46 1 of the plate 58 -- the air passage hole 70 2 of the air passageway change-over valve m -- the groove 46 2 of the plate 48.
  • a reference numeral 71 designates a stopper for the air passageway change-over valve m.
  • the air passage holes 70 1 and 70 2 may be provided in series, although, in this case, the positions of the groove-shaped air passageway and the perforated holes to be described later also change.
  • a reference numeral 72 1 designates a connecting tube between the mouthpiece 2 and the tubing 72. A breath is sent from this mouthpiece 2 into the valve box, and the group of the scale operation keys A' to U' are manipulated in accordance with the fingering table shown in FIG.
  • FIGS. 14 and 16 thick solid lines in the vertical (up-and-down) direction in the air passageway represent the air passage holes for the air passageway change-over valves b, d 2 , e, and g 1 ; solid lines in the horizontal (left-and-right) direction in the air passageway represent the air passageway for the groove-shaped air passageway forming plate 55 at the lower part; and dotted lines in the horizontal (left-and-right) direction denote the air passageway for the groove-shaped air passageway forming plate 48 at the upper part.
  • mouthpiece 2 tubing 72 -- perforated holes 54 1 of the plate 55 -- perforated hole 51 2 of the plate 52 matched with the perforated hole 54 1 thereof -- the air passage hole 73 of the valve b -- the perforated hole 51 3 of the plate 52 -- the groove 53 1 of the plate 55 -- the perforated hole 51 4 of the plate 52 -- the air passage hole 74 of the valve d 2 -- the perforated hole 51 5 of the plate 52 -- the groove 53 2 of the plate 55 -- the perforated hole 51 6 of the plate 52 -- the air passage hole 69 of the valve e -- the perforated hole 51 7 of the plate 52 -- the groove 53 3 of the plate 55 -- the perforated hole 51 8 of the plate 52 -- the air passage hole 75 of the valve g 1 -- the perforated hole 51 g of the plate 52 -- the perforated hole 54 2 of the plate 55 -- the perforated hole 38 of the plate 56 matched with the
  • the air passageway change-over valves e, g 1 , g 2 , g 3 , h, l, m 1 , m 2 , n 1 , n 2 , n 3 , o, and u move in their respective directions indicated by arrow marks, whereby the air passageways shown by the thick solid lines are formed.
  • the air passageway is formed by the same way as in the above-described examples 1 to 3 of the finger action, whereby the tones of B.sup. ⁇ to F 2 can be respectively produced.
  • the wind instrument according to the present invention can be played in exactly the same finger actions as in playing the saxophone, in which various tones can be obtained by interchanging the sound producing member such as reed or pipe, and the like.
  • the wind instrument of the present invention can be played with a small breath, a high skill in playing the wind instrument can be acquired at a minor age.
  • the cylindrical main body barrel 1 can be designed in an arbitrary shape and size, with only consideration being given to resonance of the sound produced in the tubular body.
  • the octave key V' When the octave is to be raised, the octave key V' is caused to rotate in the arrow direction against force of the plate spring 90 with the pin 91 as the center of rotation, whereupon the tip end of the octave key is engaged with the projections 56 2 and 56 2 of the fitting plate 52 for fitting the lower sound producing member, whereby the fitting plates 45 and 56 for both upper and lower sound producing member move together in the arrowed direction for a predetermined space interval.
  • the air passageway forming box 43 When the air passageway forming box 43 is to be cleaned, this can be done by first removing the threaded screw bolts which connect the hanger 44 and the cylindrical main body barrel 1, then disconnecting the mouthpiece 2 and the tube 72, subsequently disengaging each scale operation key and the air passageway change-over valve or the projection corresponding to each other, and finally drawing out the air passageway forming box 43 from the opening 92 of the instrument body.
  • the air passageway forming box 43 is made in a cassette type which is freely insertable and retractable, not only the cleaning work becomes easy, but also the playing of the instrument can be made versatile by simple interchanging operation of the sound producing member fitting plate provided thereon with the sound producing members of different tone quality and scale, and so forth.
  • the playing keys and the tone to be produced are in such a relationship that, when the playing keys K1 to K3 are not depressed, the tones C, C, and C are produced for the musical scale sections of 100, 102, and 104, the tone G for the scale section 101, the tone E 1 for the scale section 103; when the playing key K1 is depressed, the tones B.sup. ⁇ , B.sup. ⁇ , and B.sup. ⁇ are produced for the respective scale sections 100, 102, and 104, the tone F and F respectively for the scale sections 101 and 103; and, when the playing keys K1 and K2 are depressed, the tones A 1 , A 1 , and A are produced for the scale sections 100, 102, and 103, respectively, the tone E 1 for the scale section 101, and the tone D.sup. ⁇ for the scale section 104.
  • the trumpet according to the present invention is constructed with a group of sound producing members 100' to 104' which produce seven different tones for each musical scale of 100 to 104 as shown in the fingering table in FIG. 17; a cylindrical barrel 111 supporting on the outer peripheral portions thereof the group of the sound producing members 100' to 104' in five rows for the octave-wise and having a plurality of rows of perforated holes 105 (105a through 105h), 106 (106a through 106h), 107 (107a through 107h), 108 (108a through 108h), and 109 (109a through 109h), each row of the perforated holes being opposed to each row of the sound producing members fitted and held on the peripheral surface portions of this cylindrical barrel 111, and a plurality of air passage holes 110a through 110h; a scale change-over valve 113 having a plurality of sector-shaped air passage holes 112a through 11h fittingly placed with the cylindrical barrel 111 in a rota
  • Each of the abovementioned group of the sound producing members 100' to 104' is provided with eight reeds 100a through 100h, 101a through 101h, 102a through 102h, 103a through 103h, and 104a through 104h, which are fitted onto a plate 100 1 , 100 2 , 100 3 , and 100 4 having air passageways corresponding in number to that of the reeds fitted in row with an appropriate space interval among them.
  • a pipe may replace.
  • the piston type air passageway change-over valve 118 of the scale operation key K1 is urged upward by a spring 130, and the air passage hole 118a thereof is communicated to the openings 128a and 121a at one end of the tubes 128 and 121, respectively, while the valve closes the opening 122a at one end of the other tube 122.
  • the air passageway change-over valve 119 of the scale operation key K2 is urged upwardly by a spring 131, and the two air passageways 119a and 11b are respectively communicated to the opening 123a at one end of the tube 123 and to the opening 121b at the other end of the tube 121 as well as to the opening 122b at the other end of the tube 122 and the opening 125a at one end of the tube 125, while they close the openings 124a and 126a at one end of the tubes 124 and 126, respectively.
  • the air passageway change-over valve 120 of the scale operation key K3 is similarly urged upward by a spring 132, and four air passage holes 120a, 120b, 120c, and 120d are communicated to the openings 123b, 124b, 125b, and 126b at the other end of the tubes 123, 124, 125, and 126, respectively, while these valves are also communicated to the perforated holes 117a, 117c, 117e, and 117g of the cylinder 117, and close the other perforated holes 117b, 117d, 117f, and 117f thereof.
  • the perforated holes 117a through 117h of the cylinder 117 are further communicated to the air passage holes 110a through 110h of the cylindrical barrel 111, respectively.
  • a reference numeral 133 designates a gear integrally fitted to the afore-mentioned scale change-over valve 113
  • a numeral 134 refers to a rack formed at one part of a lever 135 so as to be meshed with the gear 133.
  • the air passageway is formed in the following sequential channeling, and the tone C for the scale 100 is produced: the tube 128 -- the opening 128a of the tube 128 -- the air passage hole 118a of the air passageway change-over valve 118 -- the tube 121 -- the air passage hole 119a of the air passageway change-over valve 119 -- the tube 123 -- the air passage hole 120a of the air passageway change-over valve for the key K3 -- the perforated hole 117a of the cylinder 117 -- the perforated hole 110a of the cylindrical barrel 111 -- the air passage hole 112a of the scale change-over valve 113 -- the perforated hole 105a of the cylindrical barrel 111 -- the sound producing member 100a.
  • the air passageway is formed in the following sequential channelling, and the tone D.sup. ⁇ for the scale 101 is produced: the tube 128 -- the opening 128a of the tube 128 -- the air passage hole 118a of the air passageway change-over valve 118 -- the tube 122 -- the air passage hole 119b of the air passageway change-over valve 119 -- the tube 126 -- the air passage hole 120d of the air passageway change-over valve 120 -- the perforated hole 117h of the cylinder 117 -- the perforated hole 110h of the cylindrical barrel 111 -- the air passage hole 112h of the scale change-over valve 113 -- the perforated hole 105h of the cylindrical barrel 111 -- the sound producing member 101h.
  • each and every tone as shown in FIG. 17 can be produced by changing-over the air passageway change-over valves 118 to 120 through the finger actions of the scale operation keys K1 to K3 and operations of the scale change-over lever 135, and by changing-over the air passageway leading to any of the rows of the group of sound producing members 100' to 104' through the scale change-over 113.
  • a reference numeral 136 in FIG. 18 designates a finger hook.
  • FIG. 21 shows a modification of the above-described trumpet.
  • the constructions of the air passageway change-over valves for the scale operation keys K1 to K3, change-over valves, and the air passageways therefor, connections among the cylinders for the keys, and so forth are the same as those in the above-described embodiment.
  • the cylindrical barrel 140 for fitting the sound producing members moves rotationally and sidewisely (in the left-and-right directions) with respect to the inner barrel 141.
  • the inner barrel 141 is fixed at one end part of the supporting frame 114 for each playing key positioned at both side parts thereof.
  • a plate 142 having therein the air passage holes 142a through 142h is fixedly provided on the cylinder 117 in a manner to coincide with the perforated holes 117a through 117h of the cylinder 117 of the scale operation key K3.
  • the air passage holes 142a through 142h of the plate 142 and the perforated holes 141a through 141h which are formed in an oblique row in the inner barrel 141, as shown in FIG.
  • the abovementioned cylindrical barrel 140 for fitting the abovementioned sound producing member is provided with a plurality of rows of perforated holes, each having eight holes for each musical scale.
  • five rows of the holes, 151a through 151h, 152a through 152h, 153a through 153h, 154a through 154h, and 155a through 155h, are obliquely arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical barrel 140.
  • the row of the perforated holes in the horizontal direction, 151a to 153a, and the tow of the perforated holes in the vertical direction, 153a to 155a, as well as the tow of the perforated holes in the horizontal direction 151h to 153h and the row of the perforated holes in the vertical direction 153h to 155h are so formed that they may intersect orthogonally.
  • a group of the sound producing members 100' to 104' for each musical scale which are similar to that shown in FIG. 17 are respectively provided in confrontation to the obliquely arranged rows of the perforated holes.
  • the illustrated embodiment in FIG. 25 shows the cylindrical barrel 140 provided on the outer peripheral surface thereof with the sound producing members with the horizontal row as constituting one group.
  • the shifting mechanism for the cylindrical barrel 140 for fitting the sound producing members consists of a lever 156, the shaft 156 1 of which is fitted onto the supporting frame 114 in both slidable and rotatable manners; an arcuate rack 157 which is mounted at the tip end of the lever 156 (vide FIG. 24); a gear member fixedly provided on one outer peripheral portion of the sound producing member fitting barrel 140 in a manner to be meshed with the rack 157; and a return spring 159 which is extended between one outside surface of the fitting barrel 140 and the supporting frame 114. Projections 160 and 161 for stopping further rotational movement of the fitting barrel 140 are respectively provided on the fitting barrel 140 and the supporting frame 114.
  • the lever 156 when the lever 156 is pushed forward in the direction of the arrow (to the left side as viewed from the top surface of FIG. 21), the scale is changed-over to the octave 100 or 101.
  • the lever 156 When the lever 156 is released, it returns to the original position, i.e., the scale 102, by the action of the return spring 159.
  • FIGS. 26, 27, and 28 indicate further modification of the trumpet, wherein the constructions of the air passageway change-over valves of the scale operation keys K1 to K3 and the air passageway thereof, and the connections of the connection tube for each cylinder of the scale operation keys, and so on are exactly same as those of the afore-described two embodiments.
  • a scale change-over member 170 having air passageways 170a through 170h which communicate with the perforated holes 117a through 117h of the scale operation key K3 is fixedly provided on the cylinder 117 of the key K3.
  • Each of the air passages 170a through 170h of the scale change-over member 170 is provided with five outlet ports 171 to 175 (175a through 175h), respectively, and a group of sound producing members 100' to 104' corresponding to each of the musical scales 100 to 104 are fitted in five vertical rows within the concaved portions opposite to the perforated holes.
  • valve plates 176 to 180 for opening and closing the perforated holes 171 to 175 in a manner rotatable by the shafts 181 to 184, respectively.
  • the abovementioned opening and closing valves 176 and 177 use a single shaft 181 in common.
  • the opening and closing valve plate 176 of the abovementioned perforated hole 171 functions to constantly open the perforated hole 171 by a spring 185, while the other opening and closing valve plates 177 to 180 function to close each of the perforated holes 172 to 175 by means of the respective springs 186 to 189.
  • the four opening and closing valve plates 177 to 180 are respectively provided with levers 190 to 193 for each of them.
  • the bent portions 190 1 to 193 1 of each lever are in contact with the opening and closing valve plate 176 of the perforated hole 171 so as to control its closing action together with a stopper of the valve plate 176.
  • the air passageway is changed-over for playing the instrument by the finger actions of the scale operation keys K1 to K3 without operation of the levers 190 to 193, whereby the air passageway to the sound producing members 100' for the scale 100 can be formed, as the result of which each of the sound producing members 100a through 100h produces desired tone.
  • the opening and closing valve plate 176 of the perforated hole 171 is simultaneously pushed by the bent portion 193 1 of the lever 193 to close the perforated hole 171 which has so far been in an opened state, whereby the air passageway is changed-over to the sound producing members 104' for the scale 104.
  • the opening and closing valve plate 176 of the perforated hole 171 can be closed.
  • the wind instrument according to the present invention can also be played in exactly the same manner as the fingering action of the keys for the trumpet, it is suitable for attaining the skill in the trumpet playing. Moreover, changing the pitch in the tone is not done by the manipulation of the lips which requires high degree of skill, but can be easily realized by the mechanical scale change-over means with the consequence that less work is imposed on the muscle of the mouth, and the instrument can be played even by children of minor ages.

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